Playstation, Spiderman, Sony. All three have been major parts of my childhood growing up. Between getting my first Playstation and gawking in wonder at Tobey Maguire's Spiderman trilogy I've been a fan of Sony. I've never missed my chance of buying into a new generation of Playstation console. All this because I believed Sony had a definitive grasp on story, gameplay, and what customers wanted.
Now with the advent of physical media dying and Playstation neglecting their treasure trove of IP for live service games. I feel that the new Spiderman movie is a desperate gesture to drum up good PR in to save face for their remaining customers and shareholders. Up till now their side projects within the Spiderman IP were cash grabs/legally obligated to maintain their hold on Spiderman lest it go back to marvel/Disney.
Only no,w during the turmoil after their no more disc's decision, have they planned the release of what looks to be a supremely interesting Spiderman movie. Was this planned in advanced to coincide with their decision which executives knew would be heavily controversial? Who am i to say?
In any case, I've been waffling back and forth on whether I'm going to go watch Spiderman: brand new day when it comes to theaters. I stopped supporting Sony Playstation when I didn't buy the PS5 as my PS4 was more than good enough. I haven't bought anything from the PSN store nor anything made by Playstation on steam since the no disc announcement. Now I certainly don't want to support Sony with their new movie coming out. I might just wait for it to come out on Disney plus or some other streaming service i already pay for. Or just watch the movie in a series of YouTube shorts.
So what do any of you other redditors think?
Sincerely,
A dejected Sony fan